Cape Girardeau, MO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNI AP, MO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Cape Girardeau has an annual average temperature of 57.7°F with about 47.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 26.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.27 in) and August the driest (3.23 in).
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All-time records →65 of 366 (17.8%) of Cape Girardeau's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1960s | 84 | |
| 1970s | 51 | |
| 1980s | 66 | |
| 1990s | 49 | |
| 2000s | 22 | |
| 2010s | 53 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43.0°F | 26.2°F | 34.6°F | 3.51 in | — | 9 |
| February | 48.2°F | 29.7°F | 38.9°F | 3.31 in | — | 9 |
| March | 58.1°F | 37.3°F | 47.7°F | 4.69 in | — | 12 |
| April | 69.0°F | 46.8°F | 57.9°F | 5.18 in | — | 11 |
| May | 78.1°F | 57.5°F | 67.8°F | 5.27 in | — | 12 |
| June | 86.6°F | 65.9°F | 76.2°F | 3.80 in | — | 10 |
| July | 89.2°F | 69.3°F | 79.3°F | 3.87 in | — | 10 |
| August | 88.3°F | 66.4°F | 77.4°F | 3.23 in | — | 8 |
| September | 81.8°F | 57.7°F | 69.7°F | 3.61 in | — | 8 |
| October | 70.9°F | 46.3°F | 58.6°F | 3.57 in | — | 9 |
| November | 56.8°F | 36.7°F | 46.7°F | 4.25 in | — | 10 |
| December | 46.3°F | 29.8°F | 38.0°F | 3.62 in | — | 9 |
Climate twins of Cape Girardeau
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).